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#73a95d

a balanced, soft green · neutral · closest name: Medium Sea Green

Token name suggestion: Studio Moss

RGB
115, 169, 93
HSL
103°, 31%, 51%
CMYK
32, 0, 45, 34
Luminance
0.3281

#73a95d is a balanced soft green, 103° on the wheel and 55/100 on the cool side. Put black text on it (7.56:1). As text it scores 2.78:1 on white — use #558044 instead. Nearest name is Medium Sea Green, nearest Tailwind family is green.

hsl(103 31% 51%)rgb(115 169 93)Base step 600AAA inkNeutral

At a glance

Every number on this page in one read: what #73a95d is made of, how bright it looks, and which way it leans.

Hex
#73a95d
Hue
103°
green
Saturation
31%
soft
Lightness
51%
balanced
Brightness
66%
HSV value
Perceived
58%
weighted brightness
Luminance
0.3281
WCAG relative
Temperature
Neutral
55/100 cool
Color family
Green
Tone
Soft
Best ink
Black
7.56:1
Closest name
Medium Sea Green
ΔE2000 8.7
Chroma
46.6
LCH, 0–130ish
OKLCH L
0.679
perceptual lightness
Tailwind
green
500 · ΔE 10.7
Web-safe
#669966
nearest of 216
Where it sits
Hue103° of 360°
Saturation31%
Lightness51%
Saturation × lightness field

Left edge is grey, right edge is full chroma; top is white, bottom is black. The dot is #73a95d.

Temperature
Warm ← → Cool55% cool

Reads neutral. Warm and cool siblings keep the same lightness, so you can swap one in without redoing your contrast maths.

Luminance by channel
Red11%
Green86%
Blue2%

Green carries most of what the eye calls brightness — that is why WCAG weights it 0.7152.

Every format

HEX#73a95d
HEX (8-digit)#73a95dff
RGBrgb(115, 169, 93)
RGBArgba(115, 169, 93, 1)
HSLhsl(103, 31%, 51%)
HSV / HSBhsv(103, 45%, 66%)
HWBhwb(103 36% 34%)
CMYKcmyk(32%, 0%, 45%, 34%)
LABlab(64.0 -32.2 33.6)
LCHlch(64.0 46.6 133.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.679 0.120 137.2)
XYZ (D65)xyz(23.23, 32.81, 15.46)
Decimal7579997
Display P3color(display-p3 0.451 0.663 0.365)
Web-safe#669966

Copy-ready code

every platformclick to select
/* CSS */
color: #73a95d;
background-color: #73a95d;
/* CSS custom property */
--brand: #73a95d;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#73a95d] bg-[#73a95d]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #73a95d;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.451, green: 0.663, blue: 0.365)
/* UIKit */
UIColor(red: 0.451, green: 0.663, blue: 0.365, alpha: 1)
/* Android XML */
<color name="brand">#73A95D</color>
/* Android Compose */
Color(0xFF73A95D)
/* Flutter */
Color(0xFF73A95D)
/* Python / OpenCV (BGR) */
(93, 169, 115)
/* Python / PIL (RGB) */
(115, 169, 93)
/* Java AWT */
new Color(115, 169, 93)
/* .NET */
Color.FromArgb(255, 115, 169, 93)
/* OpenGL / Unity (0–1) */
(0.4510f, 0.6627f, 0.3647f, 1f)
/* LaTeX */
\definecolor{brand}{RGB}{115,169,93}
modern cssclick to select
/* mix without leaving CSS */
background: color-mix(in oklab, #73a95d 85%, white);
border-color: color-mix(in oklab, #73a95d 40%, transparent);
/* theme-aware in one line */
color: light-dark(#38532C, #DCEAD7);
/* relative colour syntax */
--hover: hsl(from #73a95d h s calc(l - 7));

Design tokens

The same ramp in the four formats a team actually needs. Paste one and the whole palette lands with it.

css custom propertiesclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: #F7F9F6;
  --brand-100: #EEF3EC;
  --brand-200: #DAE7D5;
  --brand-300: #C0D8B6;
  --brand-400: #A0C591;
  --brand-500: #80B16C;
  --brand-600: #73a95d;
  --brand-700: #598547;
  --brand-800: #476B39;
  --brand-900: #364E2C;
  --brand-950: #22311B;
  --brand: #73a95d;
  --brand-ink: #000000;
  --brand-surface: #F6FAF5;
  --brand-border: #D1E3CA;
  --brand-hover: #63944F;
  --brand-pressed: #537D42;
}
@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
  :root {
    --brand-surface: #192414;
    --brand-ink: #DCEAD7;
  }
}
tailwind.config.jsclick to select
theme: {
  extend: {
    colors: {
      brand: {
        50: '#F7F9F6',
        100: '#EEF3EC',
        200: '#DAE7D5',
        300: '#C0D8B6',
        400: '#A0C591',
        500: '#80B16C',
        600: '#73a95d',
        700: '#598547',
        800: '#476B39',
        900: '#364E2C',
        950: '#22311B',
        DEFAULT: '#73a95d',
      },
    },
  },
}
scss mapclick to select
$brand: (
  '50': #F7F9F6,
  '100': #EEF3EC,
  '200': #DAE7D5,
  '300': #C0D8B6,
  '400': #A0C591,
  '500': #80B16C,
  '600': #73a95d,
  '700': #598547,
  '800': #476B39,
  '900': #364E2C,
  '950': #22311B,
);
$brand-base: #73a95d;
$brand-ink: #000000;

@function brand($step) { @return map-get($brand, $step); }
w3c design tokens (json)click to select
{
  "color": {
    "brand": {
      "50": { "$value": "#F7F9F6", "$type": "color" },
      "100": { "$value": "#EEF3EC", "$type": "color" },
      "200": { "$value": "#DAE7D5", "$type": "color" },
      "300": { "$value": "#C0D8B6", "$type": "color" },
      "400": { "$value": "#A0C591", "$type": "color" },
      "500": { "$value": "#80B16C", "$type": "color" },
      "600": { "$value": "#73a95d", "$type": "color" },
      "700": { "$value": "#598547", "$type": "color" },
      "800": { "$value": "#476B39", "$type": "color" },
      "900": { "$value": "#364E2C", "$type": "color" },
      "950": { "$value": "#22311B", "$type": "color" }
    },
    "brandInk": { "$value": "#000000", "$type": "color" }
  }
}

Best text color

Only one of black and white can be right. This is the one, with the number that proves it.

Readable at a glance#000000 on #73a95d · 7.56:1
Use #000000AAA at every size.
Aa
12px
Aa
16px
Aa
24px
Aa
White text · 2.78:1
AA fail · AA large fail · AAA fail
Aa
Black text · 7.56:1 · recommended
AA pass · AA large pass · AAA pass
Reading the other direction: #73a95d as text scores 2.78:1 on white and 7.56:1 on black.
Best tinted ink on it, if plain black or white feels flat: #38532C at 3.10:1.

Make it accessible

A contrast checker tells you that you failed. This tells you what to ship instead — same hue, same saturation, lightness moved only as far as WCAG demands.

The quick fox
#558044 · 4.61:1
AA on white−13% L
#558044
The quick fox
#3F5F32 · 7.26:1
AAA on white−23% L
#3F5F32
The quick fox
#73a95d · 7.56:1
AA on blackalready passes
#73a95d
The quick fox
#73a95d · 7.56:1
AAA on blackalready passes
#73a95d

Large text — 24px regular or 18.66px bold and above — only needs 3:1, so #6CA156 is enough for headings on white. Non-text elements such as icons, chart strokes and focus rings also sit at 3:1 under WCAG 2.2 (1.4.11).

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#73a95d on white: 2.78:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#73a95d on black: 7.56:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
Against the neutral ladder

Contrast is symmetric, so each row covers both directions: #73a95d as text on that neutral, and that neutral as text on #73a95d.

NeutralRatioBoth directions
White2.78:1AaAa
Slate 502.65:1AaAa
Slate 1002.53:1AaAa
Slate 2002.25:1AaAa
Slate 3001.87:1AaAa
Slate 4001.08:1AaAa
Slate 5001.71:1AaAa
Slate 6002.73:1AaAa
Slate 7003.73:1AaAa
Slate 8005.27:1AaAa
Slate 9006.43:1AaAa
Black7.56:1AaAa
Colour vision deficiency
true color
protanopia · #AE9E57
deuteranopia · #A69962
tritanopia · #71A497

Roughly one man in twelve has some form of colour vision deficiency. If any of the three panels above is hard to tell apart from a neighbouring colour in your palette, add a shape, an icon or a label so the meaning does not rest on hue alone.

Color scale — 50 to 950

A Tailwind-shaped ramp built around this exact hex. #73a95d is pinned to step 600; the rest hold its hue and let saturation ease off at the extremes so the pale end never turns neon.

#F7F9F6
#EEF3EC
#DAE7D5
#C0D8B6
#A0C591
#80B16C
#73a95d
#598547
#476B39
#364E2C
#22311B
Base = 600Lightest = 50 · #F7F9F6Darkest = 950 · #22311BText step on white = 800
Perceptual ramp — OKLCH

The same eleven steps expressed in OKLCH, where equal lightness numbers actually look equally spaced. HSL ramps go muddy in the yellows and washed out in the blues; this one does not. Modern browsers render it natively — the hex ramp above is the fallback.

50100200300400500600700800900950
oklch tokensclick to select
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.97 0.030 137.2);
  --brand-100: oklch(0.94 0.048 137.2);
  --brand-200: oklch(0.88 0.072 137.2);
  --brand-300: oklch(0.80 0.094 137.2);
  --brand-400: oklch(0.72 0.111 137.2);
  --brand-500: oklch(0.64 0.120 137.2);
  --brand-600: oklch(0.56 0.120 137.2);
  --brand-700: oklch(0.48 0.113 137.2);
  --brand-800: oklch(0.40 0.101 137.2);
  --brand-900: oklch(0.32 0.084 137.2);
  --brand-950: oklch(0.24 0.066 137.2);
}

Colors that work with #73a95d

Not a palette — a role sheet. Each swatch answers one question you will hit while building the component.

Text on it#000000
Black wins here
Surface#F6FAF5
Tinted page background
Border#D1E3CA
Hairlines and dividers
Muted text#649650
Captions on the surface
Accent#8058AE
Second voice, not a rival
Dark variant#38532C
Hover, pressed, headers
Light variant#F1F6EE
Selected rows, tints
Dark surface#192414
Dark-mode background
Hover#63944F
One step down in lightness
Pressed#537D42
Two steps down
Disabled#B5CAAC
Chroma pulled out
Focus ring#7ABB5F
Offset from the fill so it reads
Light mode
Everything in its place

Surface, border, heading and body all derive from this one hue, so the screen stays coherent without a second palette.

Primary actionSecondaryBadge
Dark mode
Same hue, inverted

Lightness flips, hue holds. The accent stays the anchor in both themes.

Primary actionSecondaryAccent

In real components

The same eight roles, wired into the interface patterns you will actually build with them. Every state below is a computed value, not a mock-up.

Buttons and states
Save changesHoverPressedDisabled
OutlineSubtleLinkFocused
Form field
you@company.com

Focus ring uses the light variant so the field still reads as one shape.

Send me product updates
Notice
Your export is ready

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NewBetaDraft
Data
Storage used68%
Acme LtdActive
NorthwindTrial
GlobexActive

How to use #73a95d

Derived from its contrast, chroma and lightness — not from taste.

Works well for
  • Text and icons on dark surfaces
  • Charts, tags and secondary surfaces
  • Brand accents, badges and data highlights
  • Chart series and data categories
Use with care
  • Text of any size on white — fails WCAG AA
  • Status meaning — pair it with an icon or label, never colour alone
  • Pairing with a same-lightness hue — edges vibrate
Minimum size as text on white
Not as text
Safe as a fill behind white type
No — use #38532C
Safe as a 1px border on white
No — use #6CA156

Meaning and mood

What a colour in this family tends to signal, and how this particular chroma and lightness change the reading.

safegrowingnaturalpermissive

Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed.

The muted chroma softens the association — it reads considered rather than loud, which suits long-form and data-heavy screens. The mid lightness keeps it versatile in both themes.

Worth knowing

Red/green pairs are the most common colour-blindness failure — never let the two carry meaning alone.

Reads as
  • FormalityMedium
  • EnergyMedium
  • Weight49/100
  • TemperatureNeutral
  • ApproachabilityBalanced

Colour associations are cultural and vary by market. Treat these as a starting point for a conversation with your audience, not a finding about them.

Similar colors

One move away from this hex in each direction. Every swatch is its own page.

Color relationships

The wheel positions with their names attached, so you can grab the one you actually need.

Complementary#935DA9
Analogous left#99A95D
Analogous right#5DA96D
Split-complement 1#6D5DA9
Split-complement 2#A95D99
Triadic 1#5D73A9
Triadic 2#A95D73
Tetradic#5D99A9
On the wheel
Base+30°−30°+120°+240°+180°103°

#73a95d sits at 103°. Every dot is a harmony position and links to its own page in the table alongside.

RGB percentages

Red45.1%
Green66.3%
Blue36.5%
R · 0–255
115
0x73
G · 0–255
169
0xa9
B · 0–255
93
0x5d

CMYK percentages

Cyan32.0%
Magenta0.0%
Yellow45.0%
Key (black)33.7%

Total ink coverage is 111%. Most commercial presses cap around 300% — above that, sheets stop drying properly.

Color previews

#73a95d text on a black background

contrast 7.56:1

Card sample

#73a95d text on a white background

contrast 2.78:1

Card sample

#73a95d on grey

2.53:1

#73a95d on its own surface

2.63:1

#73a95d on its dark surface

5.80:1

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #73a95d;
Background color
Panel with #73a95d background
background-color: #73a95d;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #73a95d;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(115, 169, 93, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(115, 169, 93, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #73a95d;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #73a95d, #5DA97A);
Gradient text

Gradient headline

background: linear-gradient(90deg, #73a95d, #5DA98D);
-webkit-background-clip: text;
color: transparent;
Focus ring
Focused control
outline: 2px solid #73a95d;
outline-offset: 3px;
Underline & caret

Marked up text

text-decoration-color: #73a95d;
caret-color: #73a95d;
Left rule
Pull quote or callout
border-left: 4px solid #73a95d;
Ring + tint
Selected chip
background: #F1F6EE;
box-shadow: inset 0 0 0 2px #73a95d;
Conic badge
68%
background: conic-gradient(#73a95d 68%, #e2e8f0 0);

Transparency

What each alpha value actually composites to. The top row is #73a95d over white; the bottom row is the same alpha over a checkerboard, so you can see what survives on a photo or a video.

Bottom row of hexes is the flattened result over white — use those when a design tool refuses transparency, or when you need a solid fallback.

alpha in every syntaxclick to select
rgba(115, 169, 93, 0.5)
rgb(115 169 93 / 50%)
#73a95d80
hsl(103 31% 51% / 50%)
color-mix(in srgb, #73a95d 50%, transparent)
Alpha8-digit hexFlat on white
10%#73a95d1a#F1F6EF
20%#73a95d33#E3EEDF
40%#73a95d66#C7DDBE
60%#73a95d99#ABCB9E
80%#73a95dcc#8FBA7D

Gradients from #73a95d

Six recipes, each built from this hex and shown with the exact CSS that produced it.

Elevation
Same hue, three lightnesses — safe anywhere
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #96BE85, #73a95d 45%, #38532C);
Duotone
A short hue run reads richer than a flat fill
background: linear-gradient(120deg, #73a95d, #509771);
Complement sweep
Loud — keep it behind large type only
background: linear-gradient(90deg, #73a95d, #935DA9);
Spotlight
Hero panels and app headers
background: radial-gradient(120% 120% at 20% 0%, #A7C999 0%, #73a95d 45%, #38532C 100%);
Soft wash
Section backgrounds that stay readable
background: linear-gradient(180deg, #F6FAF5, #ffffff);
Mesh
Ambient background, no image weight
background: radial-gradient(60% 60% at 15% 20%, #B3BB7E 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(55% 55% at 85% 15%, #71B485 0%, transparent 60%), radial-gradient(70% 70% at 50% 95%, #38532C 0%, transparent 65%), #73a95d;

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #73a95d

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Tones — desaturated

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Ranked with CIEDE2000 across all 139 CSS keywords. Under ΔE 2 the eye stops telling them apart; over ΔE 10 they are plainly different colors.

#73a95d in the real world

Where a color in this family tends to land, and the interface roles it is usually asked to play.

Industries
SustainabilityFinanceHealth and wellnessAgriculture
Common UI roles
ButtonsLinksFocus statesCharts
Print note

Converts to four-color process without much drama. Proof it anyway.

On screens

Holds up across typical panel gamma. Still worth checking on an uncalibrated laptop, where mid-tones shift most.

In dark mode

Usable as-is on a dark surface at 7.56:1.

Explore nearby colors

Small, deliberate steps away from this hex — useful when you are hunting for the version of a colour that finally feels right.

#73a95d, answered

What color is #73a95d?

#73a95d is a balanced soft green, closest to Medium Sea Green (ΔE2000 8.7). It sits at 103° on the hue wheel with 31% saturation and 51% lightness, which reads as neutral.

What is the RGB value of #73a95d?

rgb(115, 169, 93) — 115 red, 169 green and 93 blue out of 255, or 45.1% / 66.3% / 36.5% by channel.

What is #73a95d in HSL and HSV?

hsl(103, 31%, 51%) and hsv(103, 45%, 66%). HSL is what CSS takes; HSV is what your design tool's picker shows, which is why the saturation numbers rarely match.

Is #73a95d a light or a dark color?

It is a mid-tone. Relative luminance is 0.3281 and perceived brightness is 58%, so black text on it reaches 7.56:1.

Should I use black or white text on #73a95d?

Black. It scores 7.56:1 against #73a95d, versus 2.78:1 for white — AAA at any size.

Is #73a95d accessible on a white background?

#73a95d on white scores 2.78:1, which fails WCAG AA at every size. Darken it to #558044 to reach 4.5:1, or #3F5F32 for 7:1.

What is the complementary color of #73a95d?

#935DA9 sits directly opposite on the wheel. Softer options are the split-complements #6D5DA9 and #A95D99, which give the same contrast with far less vibration.

What colors go well with #73a95d?

For interface work: #F6FAF5 as the surface, #D1E3CA for borders, #649650 for secondary text, #8058AE as an accent and #38532C for hover and pressed states. For a palette, the analogous pair #99A95D and #5DA96D stays calm, while #935DA9 is the loudest partner.

What is #73a95d in CMYK for printing?

cmyk(32%, 0%, 45%, 34%). This is a screen-to-ink approximation — ask your printer for a proof before committing to a run.

Is #73a95d warm or cool?

Neutral — it scores 55 on a scale where 0 is the warmest orange and 100 the coolest azure. Nudged warmer it becomes #8FA95D; nudged cooler, #5BAB61.

Which Tailwind color is closest to #73a95d?

The green family — its 500 step is #22c55e, ΔE2000 10.7 away. That is a visible difference, so define #73a95d as a custom token rather than reaching for the built-in.

How do I use #73a95d in Tailwind CSS?

Inline it as an arbitrary value with bg-[#73a95d] or text-[#73a95d], or register the whole ramp under theme.extend.colors.brand so you get bg-brand-500 and friends. The generated 50–950 scale on this page is ready to paste into your config.

What is #73a95d with 50% opacity?

rgba(115, 169, 93, 0.5), or #73a95d80 in eight-digit hex. Over white that composites to #B9D4AE; over black, #3A552F.

Is #73a95d a web-safe color?

No. The nearest web-safe colour is #669966, ΔE2000 7 away. The palette only matters for legacy displays and some email clients now.

What does the color #73a95d mean?

As a green, it reads safe, growing, natural. Green means go, well, and grown. It carries finance, sustainability and health with almost no explanation needed. At this moderate chroma the association is present but not shouted.

What gradient works with #73a95d?

The safest is same-hue elevation: linear-gradient(135deg, #96BE85, #73a95d 45%, #38532C). For more colour, a short hue run to #509771 keeps it rich without turning muddy.

Work with #73a95d in the Color Lab

Every tool opens with this colour already loaded.

Every value on this page is computed from #73a95d at request time — conversions, contrast ratios and ΔE distances are calculated, never looked up.